#she is an artist not a cumulation of pictures. we are so aesthetic-centric it gets concerning
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If i have to see one more “this is so ethel cain core” comment i am gouging out my eyes And offering them to the heavens as penitence for the horrors of the human race. We have failed o lord
#she did not invent churches or southern gothic or the midwest!!!!!!!! Beats you with a stick!!!!!!!!!!#this insistence on ascribing every element of a broader whole (i.e. movement) to one individual is going to kill me#can you only understand the beauty in something if an artist you admire champions it. if they sell it as part of their brand#she is an artist not a cumulation of pictures. we are so aesthetic-centric it gets concerning#only seeing life through the lens of a label. something others categorise for us or something we insist can be categorised at all#not to mention how dehumanising it is to have your being reduced to pinterest boards. or the art you worked on for years#because it isnt about what you make or who you are; it is the appeal of whatever image you project. we must all be carefully curated#so we can be successfully sold. i know times change and we invent new phrases but i hate it so much. with all its implications#can we all just be alive together is it enough. Say it is enough#log
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